Richard Whelan (?-2007) |
Written by David Schonauer |
We just learned that Richard Whelan, one of the great writers on photography in the 20th century, has died. Whelan passed away two weeks ago—for some reason, the New York Times has yet to publish a biography—but his family hasn’t released the cause of death. He is being buried next to the photographer Robert Capa, the subject of one of his biographies, in a Quaker cemetery in upstate New York tomorrow.
Besides Robert Capa, Whelan’s biographical subjects included Alfred Stieglitz. He also wrote the book on Robert Capa’s brother, Cornell Capa, the photojournalist and founder of the International Center of Photography in New York. Whelan was also the consulting curator of the Robert and Cornell Capa Archives at the ICP and a longtime faculty member at the ICP school.
David Schonauer
June 2007
http://zonezero.com/magazine/obituaries/whelan/index.html
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